DIYs i found!!

Basically, for my idea, its pretty much the same as the instructable below, except for his DIY, the lights are changed manually by him, while i wanted mine to change automatically according to the sound playing at the back. But i guess im gona need an electrical engineer to do that part.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Interactive-Ambient-Light/



Ive asked around, and my friends tell me that im goan need to setup some hardware stuff on the comp for it, and for them its gona take abt a month........yikes.
They mentioned that the programs used are LabView and Matlab (Matlab is a program where you can write scripts to do maths or control parts of your computer). They recommended me to look for Science or engineering students since these students mustve used these programs before. WEll...if we ever go through with my idea, i'll look into finding helpers from differnet faculty.

Anyway, for the walls in the exhibition, i wanted a glass/transparant rectangular LED lite wall right? yeh...well, ive found an instructable that is sorta doing what i was looking for...except her work was done using cardbox.



http://www.instructables.com/id/RGB_LED_Mood_lighting/


If the pricing is too expensive for the first idea, then maybe we can try this one instead. Still works the same, but a little less light for the environment.



http://www.instructables.com/id/Light-Bar-Ambient-Lighting/



And as for the platforms that students will used to display their work, im thinkin of using large blocks of clear acrylics cut into different shapes. Then we'll place lighted LED at the bottom to shine through it.







But yea, i still haev yet to find out how a color changing lamp works.



I wanted to use an idea similar to this for some parts of the wall or for the floor. FOr hte walls, i wanted to place color changeable lgihts (circular) so that when people touch it, it'll change color, creating interactivity in the environment. As for hte floor, i want the colors of the light to change hwen someone steps on it...i guess that has sth to do with pressure sensing. The difference between the video and my idea is that the lamp in the video changes colors itself aswell once it is turned on. I dont want that....i want the lights of the installation to change only when it is touched.

LED lighting

Some companies i found online that offers LED Lighting. Still need to figure out how to incorporate LED lighting to go with the music in the background...some sort of sound sensor i suppose. Also the thing about wanting to have the light change color when someone applies force on its surface.....still need to look into it.

http://www.ledlighting.com.au/
unfortunately, that company is in NSW.
http://www.smartlite.com.au/
and that one is in goldcoast =.="

http://www.glowproductions.com/
I think thats more for fun stuff....

The only one in VIC is this one : http://www.coolon.com.au

Ive looked into their product catalog, depending on the price, i might switch the fluorescent idea to using LED flexible neon instead.

Acme Thin & Light Pack - Portable DMX LED Lighting System


If we have money, itll be cool to do this too


ps: found this reli cool LED RGB color controller setup
http://www.instructables.com/id/RGB-Color-Controllable-High-Power-LED-Room-%2b-Spot-/

Brief 3 - Concept

For this brief, i've come up with the idea of using LED lights to create a light installation. My idea is to have rows of vertically laid out fluorescent light along the walls of the entrance corridor, LED in rectangular/square shaped glass/transparent plastic on the 3 walls inside the exhibition, leaving one absolutely blank for projection of students work (loops), and circular LED shapes on the floor playing abstract patterns.



LED in glass facade building


That is sorta like my idea of having glass or transparent plastic on the walls inside the exhibition, but the problem with this is the cost for the installment. I reckon it might be a bit out of our budget, but we'll see.


LED Floor



For this, i was thinkin of creating something that allows interactivity between the user and the interface. Ex, for this, i was hoping to achieve something like when the user steps ontop of one of these LED circular shapes on the floor, the color of the whole abstract pattern changes. But i think for this i'll need to lookup for some kind of sensor (weight or heat sensoring i guess).

LED corridor option 1 (circular shapes)



LED corridor option 2 (horizontal light tubes)



For the entrance corridor, i am hoping to create something that sorta lures or invites the guest into the room, so the lights will gradually change going "towards" the inside of the corridor, leading into the room.
There are two options, either one will work, but i reckon its best to use the fluorescent lights, so that it makes a variety.


Other light installations ive looked upon







For sound of this project, im thinkin of something minimal. I dont want anything too loud, cause not everyone lieks loud music, but atleast i know people wont be upset about ambient, or minimalistic sounds.